DECEMBER 2002  ISSUE

 LEAD STORY 

• China buys 1,000 cows 
  Record cattle shipment by Lindsay dealer FULL STORY

EDITORIALS 

• City councils can tax but can’t govern rural areas 
  FULL EDITORIAL
   
• Give Ron Bonnett a chance 
  FULL EDITORIAL

 ARTICLES 

• Canada promotes cheap food policy
  For the sake of argument   By John Phillips
  COMPLETE STORY
   
• Good-bye to college research 
  FULL DETAILS
   
• Young farmers declining 
  Start-up costs are more than $1 million 
  FULL STORY
   
• Woman fined for castrating dog FULL ARTICLE
   
• Hendrick Seeds feeds Japan
  DETAILS
   
• Female farmers still rare
  Acres leaves modelling school to operate a 65-cow farm 
  COMPLETE STORY
   
• Stage two on nutrient management regulation  FULL ARTICLE
   
• Township wants regulations delayed  FULL ARTICLE
   
• Rivington wins junior show champ at Hays  FULL STORY
   
• Ten myths about farming  DETAILS
   
• Province last hope for Seaway ethanol plant 
  Cornwall says build or sell back land  FULL ARTICLE
   
• Farms major employer in tri-counties 
  Profits getting smaller as operating cost rise sharply and farms grow larger  FULL STORY
   
• Picking spring wheat varieties for this fall
  Paul Sullivan, Agronomist  DETAILS

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